slowness due to the betaseries step, moving to shared task

django_code/apps/random_simpsons/utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.db.models import Count
 from django.core.exceptions import MultipleObjectsReturned
 from celery.worker.state import active_requests
+from celery import shared_task
 from requests.compat import str
 from apps.betaserie.utils import betaserieUtils
 from .models import simpsons_data_object
@@ -9,11 +10,16 @@ betaserie = betaserieUtils()
 
 simpsons_id = 12
 
-def mark_episode_watched(season,episode,action):
-    
-    print("season_number: "+str(season))
-    print("episode_number: "+str(episode))
-    
+@shared_task()
+def mark_episode_watched(season,episode,action,verbose=False):
+    #mark episode as seen in DB
+    simpsons_data_object.filter(season=season, episode=episode).values('seen').update(seen=True)
+
+
+    if verbose : print("season_number: "+str(season))
+    if verbose : print("episode_number: "+str(episode))
+
+    #mark episode as seen in betaserie
     episode_number = "S"+str(season)+"E"+str(episode)
     
     episode_id = betaserie.identify_episode(simpsons_id,episode_number)

django_code/apps/random_simpsons/views.py

@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ def episode_generator(request):
         #Set episode as seen
         # It will still update an already seem episode but it works and I'm lazy
         
-        simpsons_data_object.filter(season=random_seasons, episode=random_episode).values('seen').update(seen=True)
-
+        
         #Mark episode as seen on betaseries
-        mark_episode_watched(random_seasons,random_episode,"watched")
+        mark_episode_watched.delay(random_seasons,random_episode,"watched")
    
     return redirect(str(random_url))